Registered Nurse - NICU

Registered Nurse – NICU

Req ID: 310419

Location: Good Samaritan Hospital –375 Dixmyth Avenue, Cincinnati, OH

Job Type: Full‑Time - 36 Hours Weekly

Shift: Nights- 7:00pm-7:00am

Join TriHealth — Where Compassion Meets Advanced Neonatal Care

At TriHealth, every nurse is valued, supported, and empowered to deliver exceptional care. As a NICU Registered Nurse at Good Samaritan Hospital, you’ll play a critical role in the lives of our most fragile patients—newborns requiring specialized, high‑acuity, and family‑centered care. You’ll collaborate closely with neonatologists, respiratory therapists, lactation specialists, and an interdisciplinary team in a modern NICU environment built around safety, excellence, and meaningful human connection. The 9AB Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at TriHealth Good Samaritan Hospital is a specialized 60-bed unit dedicated to providing high-risk neonates with the level III NICU care they need. The unit is committed to a family-centered developmental care approach, ensuring that both the infants and their families receive the support they need during this critical time. The NICU provides highly technical care, including cardiac, respiratory, and hemodynamic monitoring, as well as ventilator support for neonates requiring specialized intervention. Staffing in the 9AB NICU is carefully structured to ensure optimal care for these vulnerable patients. 

Orientation for new staff in the NICU follows a Competency-Based Orientation (CBO) model, including an online didactic component. The orientation period ranges from 8 to 12 weeks, depending on the nurse's previous experience.

NICU experience is preferred for new hires, but the unit is also open to new graduates who are eager to learn and grow. All nurses are required to complete the Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) and the S.T.A.B.L.E. program by the end of their first year of employment to ensure they are fully prepared to provide the highest standard of care.

Why You’ll Love This Role

• Serve in a high‑touch, high‑skill NICU environment caring for premature infants and medically complex newborns.
• Work in a collaborative team culture with neonatology experts and strong interdisciplinary partnerships. 
• Opportunity to advance neonatal nursing skills through structured education, shared governance, and specialty certification support.
• Make a profound impact on infants and their families during some of the most vulnerable moments of their lives.
• Join a hospital known for compassionate care and clinical excellence in maternal‑infant services.

Key Responsibilities

• Complete initial and ongoing assessments of infants and their families; document per NICU and TriHealth standards. 
• Develop individualized plans of care based on clinical assessments, standards of practice, and patient/family needs.
• Provide holistic, developmentally appropriate NICU care while maintaining infant safety, dignity, and family involvement.
• Communicate effectively with physicians and interdisciplinary clinicians to coordinate safe, timely care.
• Deliver health teaching and emotional support to families navigating NICU care.
• Respond appropriately to emergent and rapidly changing neonatal conditions.
• Contribute to unit excellence through precepting, knowledge‑sharing, and collaboration with peers. 

Qualifications

Must‑Have

• Associate’s Degree or Diploma in Nursing.
• New hires must obtain BSN within 5 years of hire.
• Active Registered Nurse (RN) license. 
• BLS/CPR for Healthcare Providers. 
• Strong foundation in nursing sciences across all developmental stages.

Preferred

• 1+ year full‑time or 2+ years part‑time acute care RN experience. 
• Membership in a related professional